Rail-fastener.



J. E. OGDBN.

RAIL FASTENER.

APPLIGATION FILED PEB. 27, 1909.

928,276. Patented July 20, 1909.

and the merits-thereof and to acquire a A JESSE E. OGDEN,.OF PENRYN, CALIFURNIA.

RAIL-FASTE NER.

. Specication o! Lettera Patent.

Patented Juiy 2o, i909.

Application led February 27, 1909. lSerial No. 480,334.

To whom t may concern:

Be 1t known that I, J Essa E. OGDEN, citizen of the United States, residing at Penryn,

in the county of Placer and State `of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail -Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

4This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in track equipments for railways, and the invention has for its object an improved fastening device which is designed to be applied to the ordinary tie and is adapted to en age the rail in a peculiarmanner, so as to e 'ectually secure the latter to the former and maintain the rail lagainst any loosening, as might result in destroyingthe desired gage of the track, the fastener being of simple and comparatively inex ensive structure and being susceptible of eing conveniently placed in position, thus effecting material economyin the cost of construction of the track.

With these and other objects in View that will lmore kfully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements of the parts thatl shall hereinafter fully describe and then point out the novel features thereof in the appended' claims.

For a full understanding' of the invent-ion knowledge of the details of construction,

reference is to be had to the following dc-y scription andV accompanying. drawings, in which:

Figure 1 1s a sectional perspective view illustrating the application of my improvedA rail fastener; Fig. 2 is a sectional View on the line 2--2 of Fig. 3; and, Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following-description and indicated in all the views o the drawings by the saine Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates a tie which may be of any apy proved construction or design and which, in the present instance, is shown as an ordinary wooden tie uponwhich rests the rail 2. In securing the rail to the tie `I employ two of my'improved fasteners which are disposed on opposite sides of the rail and are adapted to enga e the respective base flanges thereof.

These asteners are of substantially duplicate formation and eachl consists essentially of a clip 3 that is preferably constructed of a flat band of metal which is bent into a Y substantall Ufshape andhas its extremities reduce and threaded, as indicated at 4. This clip is applied to the tie 'so as to embrace the latter with its extremities proecttie, a gland 5 being slipped over the projecting ends of the clip and retained thereon through the instrumentality of nuts-6 working upwardly beyond the upper face o the inguponthe respective threaded portions 4. j

The gland 5 bears downwardlyupon a wedge 7 which is interposed between the same and the upper face of the tie and which is held with its smaller end takin over the adjacent' base flange of the rail, as est seen in Fig. 2. In the present instance this wedge is formed from an integral sheet of heavy steel, orl like metal, that is bent to constitute` a base 8 and correspondingly tapered upstanding sides or wings 9, the base being preferably formed with an aperture 10 through which a spike 11, or other suitable fastening element, is inserted and embedded in the tie in order to maintain the wedge against lateral displacement. 4lith this arrangement is pressed forcibly against the rail 'and 1s held effectually against any upward loosening movement, as is apt t'o occur in instances where the rail engaging element, ksuch as a spike, is driven into the wooden tie. It will be further observed that when all. of the fastening devices have been applied to the tie and engaged with the respective rails thereof, the latter are retained in position fin such a manner as to insure the maintetion .with the ordinary ties and may be held in different adjusted positionsthereon according as desired, and which embodiesto a marked degree the characteristics of sim-4.

plicity, vdurability and geflciency, consisting vof parts it will be observed that the wedge of comparatively few parts that may be l interposed between the gland and the upper easily 'and cheaply manufactured and readily assembled.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1.- The combination of a railway tie and a raill resting thereon, of a fastener comprising a clip embracing the tie with 'its extremities projecting upwardly therebeyond, a gland mounted on and extendin between the projecting ends of the clip, an la wedge interposed between the gland and the upper face of the tiejand engaging the adjacent base flange of the "rail, the Wed e consisting of a fiat base and corresponding y tapered upstanding sides or wings.

2. The combination of a railway tie, of a rail resting thereon, of a fastener cornprising a clip embracin the tie with its ends projecting upward y therebeyond7 a gland mounted on and extending-between the projecting ends of the clip, a Wedge face of the tie with its smaller end engaging the adjacent base flange of the rail, and fastening means embedded in thetie and engaging the Wedge to hold the same against displacement.

3. A rail fastener comprising a U-shaped clip adapted to embrace the tie on one side 4of the rail and formed with threaded terininals, a gland mounted on and extending between the terminals, nuts working on the terminals to retain the gland in adjusted position thereon, and a wedge designed to e interposed between the gland and the tie with its smaller end taking over 4the base flange of the rail.

ln testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. JESSE E. OGDEN. [n s] Witnesses:

S. A. HOLMAN, E'. G. N AVAMORE. 

